Lux Domini
And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.

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Interpretation

He who made atonement for the sins of mankind, submitted himself in a garden of suffering, to the will of God, from which man had revolted in a garden of pleasure. Christ took with him into that part of the garden where he suffered his agony, only those who had witnessed his glory in his transfiguration.

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This thought runs through Matthew 26:41-45.